A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) shall seek Medicaid waiver authority to pursue modifications to Medicaid eligibility criteria so that receipt of SoonerCare coverage for certain Medicaid populations is conditional upon documentation of certain education, skills, training, work or job activities. Insure Oklahoma eligibility criteria is excluded from this requirement. This requirement is contingent upon approval from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and available state funding.
B. The SoonerCare eligibility modifications provided in subsection A of this section shall include criteria for work or job activities as required for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 7 U.S.C., Section 2015(o). In order for an enrollee to remain eligible for SoonerCare, he or she shall comply with the work requirements for SNAP in 7 U.S.C., Section 2015(o). The SoonerCare eligibility criteria work requirements shall be the same as the eligibility criteria work requirements for SNAP in 7 U.S.C., Section 2015(o).
C. Exemptions to the eligibility criteria in this section shall be the same as the exemption criteria for SNAP in 7 U.S.C., Section 2015(o)(3)(A), (B), (D) and (E) or Medicaid populations excluded pursuant to federal Medicaid laws and guidelines. Populations excluded from the requirements shall include those which are excluded by SNAP in 7 U.S.C., Section 2015(o)(3)(A), (B), (D) and (E) or federal Medicaid laws and guidelines. The state may adopt additional exemptions subject to agency rule-making and federal approval.
Added by Laws 2018, c. 220, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
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